By Soren Jeppesen and Stine Jacobsen COPENHAGEN, Jan 23 (Reuters) - Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said on Friday she had agreed with NATO chief Mark Rutte that the alliance needs to boost security in the Arctic following weeks of turmoil over U.

President Donald Trump’s Wednesday speech at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland was filled with inaccurate claims – notably including false and misleading statements about NATO and Greenland, the self-governing Danish territory he is pushing for the US to acquire.

Trump told an audience in Davos on Wednesday that a possible purchase of the semi-autonomous territory should not be seen as a threat to Nato.

The drills are slated to get underway against a backdrop of uncertainty about the future of relations between the U.S. and its longstanding allies.

Invoked Article 5, and forced NATO to come here and protect our Southern Border from further Invasions of Illegal Immigrants, thus freeing up large numbers of Border Patrol Agents for other tasks,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform Thursday night.

NATO ‌Secretary ​Mark Rutte said ‌on Thursday that he and U.S. ​President Trump had discussed in Davos how the ‍transatlantic alliance should best ​defend the Arctic against Russia and China. Trump ​has ⁠repeatedly said he wanted to acquire Greenland,

President Donald Trump's push to acquire Greenland has fueled concerns about U.S. reliability as NATO appears increasingly divided.

European Union leaders gathered Friday to chart a new course in transatlantic relations as U.S. President Donald Trump backed down from his threats to take control of Greenland.